Caleb Wheatland holds the MLB · Backup spot in Michigan State Spartans’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Caleb Wheatland is a linebacker from Centreville, VA who stands 6'1" and weighs 244 pounds. He attended Avalon School before playing college football at Maryland and Auburn. Wheatland appeared in 35 games at Maryland from 2022–24, where he posted 42 tackles in 2024 as a junior starter and led the team with 4.0 sacks. He recorded three games at Auburn in 2025 while preserving his redshirt. Across 38 collegiate games, Wheatland has accumulated 101 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, and 7.5 sacks, along with 900 defensive snaps and 320 special teams plays. He enrolled at Michigan State in January 2026 for the spring semester.

Maryland2022 – 2024

Auburn2025

Michigan State2026 — present